Tampon.



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'UNITED STATES PATENT' onirica.

LEWIS G. L'LANGSTAFF, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

TAMPON.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. e, 1910.

Application filed March 12, 1908. Serial No. 420,554.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LEWIS Gr. LANGsrArr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tampons, of

. Which the vfollowing is a specification.

' will actively operate during the Whole of the time the tampon is applied to the affected portion.

A still further object is to provide a tampon which will be cheap so'that it may be purchased reasonabl in quantities and will not have to be madi;J up each time by the one desiring to use it.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an exterior lview of my improved tampon, and Fig. 2 is a central section through the same.

The tampon is spherical in general form. The central portion or core 1 of the tampon is composed of some non-absorbent expansible material, such as curled hair. Surrounding the core l Yis a layer 2 of some absorbent. material, such as ordinary aseptic absorbent cotton.A The Whole is inclosed Withina cover-V ing 3' of;medicament retaining material, such,

for instance,as a closely Woven lint fabric,

which covering -is drawn together. as at 4,-'

and firmly secured in position by suitable:

Vtain its means, such as a cord or string 5. This string 5 is tied tightly around the gathered portion of the covering and is of sufficient Ilength for facilitating the removal of the tampon.

In use, the lint fabric covering 3 is provided With a medicament Which may be in liquid, viscid or powdered form. The lint fabric covering has a very effective medicament retaining surface, ence the medicament Will remain in contact with the affect ed part for an extended period, While the discharge may pass through the coveringand be absorbed by the layer of absorbent material. The expansible core will cause the tampon to retaln its size and maintain 'its position, thus causing it to press rmly against the affected part and thereby obtain a more effective treatment of the same. It

lalso effectively supports relaxed or displaced organs as would a pessary and at the same time medicates such parts and absorbs their discharge thus largely supplanting the-need for douches. It Will thus be Seen that a tampon is provided, for local 'appli'- cation, which is superior to and'ifar more effective than any heretofore in use.

What I claim is A tampon comprising a core. composed of curled hair. for causing the tampon to resize and maintain its osition when in use, said cre being surroun ed by a la er of absorbent cotton for absorbing the discharge, which layer is surrounded by a covering composed of closely woven lint' fabric which will retain a medicament on `its surface.

In testimony, that I vclaim the foregoing as my.inventio1if.= I have signed my name in presence of two- Witnesses,I this sixth day of March 1908.

LEWIS G. LANGSTAFF. Witnesses:

E. GEORGE BARRY, OTTO W. HOLMGREN. 

